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general colin powell told the vivid nasty truth. he blasted his party especially its leaders for engaging in flagrant race-baiting. 345e7b of his points have been made on "hardball." the racist language about the president of the united states, about him being lazy, the unending background assault of the birthers saying the president is not legitimate, not even an authentic american. jen the general did what i and others have been pounding for months, this multistate republican plan to shrink black electoral strength by slamming down on the chance to vote. what colin powell said yesterday is going right to the heart of the republican intolerance made more powerful by the fact that the indictment has now been made by this country's most celebrated african-american republican. eugene robinson is a pulitzer prize winning columnist for "the washington post" and an msnbc contributor. alex wagner is the most of "now." the celebrated program with her noontime greatness coming at us every day of the week. let's listen to general powell db i
general colin powell told the vivid nasty truth. he blasted his party especially its leaders for engaging in flagrant race-baiting. 345e7b of his points have been made on "hardball." the racist language about the president of the united states, about him being lazy, the unending background assault of the birthers saying the president is not legitimate, not even an authentic american. jen the general did what i and others have been pounding for months, this multistate republican plan...
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that about 1995 and colin powell. yeah, i didn't want colin powell to be our nominee because i wanted somebody more conservative. but i respected the hell out of colin powell. and if colin powell won the nomination, i would salute instead of all these idiots -- idiots on the far right who now say if you don't agree with them on every single issue that you're a rino, you're a socialist, you're a this, you're a that, they have no idea who the ronald reagan that they once talked about was, the man who said, just because i'm your friend 80% of the time doesn't make me your enemy 20% of the time. the reagan who came out against assault weapons, the reagan who passed tax increases when he had to pass tax increases, the reagan that was pragmatic. you don't win 49 states without being pragmatic, without figuring out, like bill buckley always said conservatives had to figure out what the reality was in front of the conservative movement. reagan figured it out. he won two historic landslides. if republicans want to win again, t
that about 1995 and colin powell. yeah, i didn't want colin powell to be our nominee because i wanted somebody more conservative. but i respected the hell out of colin powell. and if colin powell won the nomination, i would salute instead of all these idiots -- idiots on the far right who now say if you don't agree with them on every single issue that you're a rino, you're a socialist, you're a this, you're a that, they have no idea who the ronald reagan that they once talked about was, the man...
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you heard what colin powell said, what you played there. i've heard what colin powell has said for the past 20 years or so about racism in america, about racism across the country, about what it means, what intolerance means for latinos, womens, blacks and so forth. and the signals that are sent by the republican party tell me that it is still there, it is still there in a major way and if they can't change that, let's face it, the country is going to be brown and black. and there are people in the republican party who so emit that change that they'll never be able to adjust. >> colonel wilkerson, thank you for joining us. >> thank you for having me. >>> john boehner and his do-nothing congress, do you know what they are doing, fox? they are ripping you off as a taxpayer, working less than ever and making huge amounts of money. minnesota congressman rick nolan is speaking out. he tells us how congress can get back on track and do it for the people. and later the time for real filibuster reform is right now. will harry reid do the right thin
you heard what colin powell said, what you played there. i've heard what colin powell has said for the past 20 years or so about racism in america, about racism across the country, about what it means, what intolerance means for latinos, womens, blacks and so forth. and the signals that are sent by the republican party tell me that it is still there, it is still there in a major way and if they can't change that, let's face it, the country is going to be brown and black. and there are people in...
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earlier on "meet the press" colin powell said the u.s. would need to keep some military personnel on the ground but would not speculate as to the numbers. but senator john mccain was more critical. >> there's always a tendency in washington on these issues to say 2,000, 4,000, 10,000. that's not the right way to go about it. as a military planner you determine what it is that we have to do, how many advisers you need, what kind of military assistance group do you need, and then you determine what those numbers are. >> there's a series of decisions, all of which the president and the vice president have overruled our military leaders and their advice and counsel, which is the president's right to do. but each time i believe that it has ensured the risk of failure. >> nbc's amon mul hachlt din joins me in studio. uniquely. it's so nice to have you stateside. thanks for joining us. who's right here in terms of troop numbers? based on your practical assessment of what's going on there? >> well, that's a million-dollar question. i think it rea
earlier on "meet the press" colin powell said the u.s. would need to keep some military personnel on the ground but would not speculate as to the numbers. but senator john mccain was more critical. >> there's always a tendency in washington on these issues to say 2,000, 4,000, 10,000. that's not the right way to go about it. as a military planner you determine what it is that we have to do, how many advisers you need, what kind of military assistance group do you need, and then...
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not like there's some 1,000-year history here. >> you once said that colin powell is in the mainstream of the republican party. do you believe that today? >> i believe he is on the vast majority of the issues, i believe he see it is through his own prism. >> mayor booker what do you think about that comment, particularly intolerance directed toward this president? >> first of all, i think he is spot on and i see the republican party moving away from the olympia snowes, lugers and jack kemp even, people with great ideas and putting a lot know the conversation. the rhetoric in this last campaign, i saw it in my community you turned off a lot of people, black, latino, women and guy. it was unnecessary. i turned on the tv, i sat up in my bed when i saw newt gingrich talking about marriage equality and how the republican party was going to have to start embracing some of these realities of the where the country is going or be left behind. and i think that's very, very true. and what i really would love to see though from both parties is stop speaking about how we can win elections and more
not like there's some 1,000-year history here. >> you once said that colin powell is in the mainstream of the republican party. do you believe that today? >> i believe he is on the vast majority of the issues, i believe he see it is through his own prism. >> mayor booker what do you think about that comment, particularly intolerance directed toward this president? >> first of all, i think he is spot on and i see the republican party moving away from the olympia snowes,...
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when you hear people like colin powell and others, he's qualified. republicans may not like him or may not want him, but this is the courtesy that you give to a president regardless of the party. >> and the courtesy the president is getting maybe the cabinet members he wants but a lot of people asking diversity questions when it comes to how this panel, the cabinet coming together. women in the president's cabinet, hilda solis from labor, staying kathleen is sebelius an janet napolitano. do you think that puts the president in the corner of not being able to pick the most credible, most deserved people to be in these roles? ? >> to some extent but he's going back to his comfort zone. secretary hillary clinton was a big deal not just because she was a woman but opposed him for the nomination. he was bringing in opposing points of view. now the president is just surrounding himself with like minded thinkers and that is what is problematic for this administration. he doesn't meet with his cabinet members regularly. he doesn't get exposure to different t
when you hear people like colin powell and others, he's qualified. republicans may not like him or may not want him, but this is the courtesy that you give to a president regardless of the party. >> and the courtesy the president is getting maybe the cabinet members he wants but a lot of people asking diversity questions when it comes to how this panel, the cabinet coming together. women in the president's cabinet, hilda solis from labor, staying kathleen is sebelius an janet napolitano....
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colin powell said no. >>steve: one of the reasons colin powell, who describes himself as a republican, voted for barack obama in 2008 and 2012 was he said he simply liked barack obama's economic plan better than john mccain and liked it better than mitt romney's plan. >>brian: 24 minutes before the top of the hour. >>steve: more headlines. this kid was no killer, but his mom says cops treated him like one. new york city police department officers hauled this seven-year-old who is featured on the front page of the new york post today, out of his classroom in the bronx here in new york and handcuffed him to a pipe behind a chair for hours. then he was taken to the 44th precinct where he was interrogated for his family says ten hours. the reason? because he was accused of scooping up five bucks from the playground. khrarpblgs were dropped against the -- charges were dropped against the kid when another kid admitted the theft. his family filing a $250,000 claim against the police department. law enforcement of
colin powell said no. >>steve: one of the reasons colin powell, who describes himself as a republican, voted for barack obama in 2008 and 2012 was he said he simply liked barack obama's economic plan better than john mccain and liked it better than mitt romney's plan. >>brian: 24 minutes before the top of the hour. >>steve: more headlines. this kid was no killer, but his mom says cops treated him like one. new york city police department officers hauled this seven-year-old who...
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and now to former secretary of state colin powell. he is a republican and now slamming the fellow republicans, accusing the republicans party of looking down on minorities. >> i think the republican party right now is having an identity problem. there's been a significant shift to the right and we have seen what that shift has produced, to losing presidential campaigns. the country is changing demographically and if the republican party does not change along with that demographic they're going to be in trouble. there's also a dark, a dark vein of intolerance in some parts of the party. what do i mean by that? what i mean by that, they still sort of look down on minorities. >> former congressman allen west joins us, good evening, sir. >> good evening, greta, how are you doing. >> greta: i'm very well. as you might imagine when former secretary of state colin powell talked about the dark vein of tolerance, and republican party... i wonder your reaction to that. >> of course i have to disagree with general powell's remarks, i'm not going
and now to former secretary of state colin powell. he is a republican and now slamming the fellow republicans, accusing the republicans party of looking down on minorities. >> i think the republican party right now is having an identity problem. there's been a significant shift to the right and we have seen what that shift has produced, to losing presidential campaigns. the country is changing demographically and if the republican party does not change along with that demographic they're...
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you had a name there, colin powell. maybe that's the person you'll add to the list. >> stay with us. don't go anyway, ari, nia and matt. still ahead, how will the united states react to vice president joe biden's gun safety recommendations that will be coming out we expect on tuesday. we'll pick it up there when we come back. the place for politics, msnbc. . spending the day with my niece. i don't use super poligrip for hold because my dentures fit well. before those little pieces would get in between my dentures and my gum and it was uncomfortable. even well-fitting dentures let in food particles. super poligrip is zinc free. with just a few dabs, it's clinically proven to seal out more food particles so you're more comfortable and confident while you eat. so it's not about keeping my dentures in, it's about keeping the food particles out. [ charlie ] try zinc free super poligrip. is bigger than we think ... sometimelike the flu.fer from with aches, fever and chills- the flu's a really big deal. so why treat it like it
you had a name there, colin powell. maybe that's the person you'll add to the list. >> stay with us. don't go anyway, ari, nia and matt. still ahead, how will the united states react to vice president joe biden's gun safety recommendations that will be coming out we expect on tuesday. we'll pick it up there when we come back. the place for politics, msnbc. . spending the day with my niece. i don't use super poligrip for hold because my dentures fit well. before those little pieces would...
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we're going to have colin powell here. for all the haters out there that despise colin powell because he's actually told the truth about our party, he's warned we're going to keep losing these national elections, would you rather want colin powell on your side or on the other side? >> thank you. >> how do you have the best chance of winning? it's about winning. at the university of alabama, we don't field football teams to make ourselves -- i'm serious. we don't field football teams to make ourselves feel good about ourselves. yeah, look at them we kicked them in the teeth! no, you know why we field football teams? to win. we like winning. in fact, we go crazy if we lose. why can't the republican party be that way and start playing to win again? >> i think part of it joe, they need to look at what happened in that 2010 cycle. one of the big differences was we weren't just talking to ourselves. we were talking to the american people. we found a way to reconnect with them coming off the losses of '06 and '08. i think we need
we're going to have colin powell here. for all the haters out there that despise colin powell because he's actually told the truth about our party, he's warned we're going to keep losing these national elections, would you rather want colin powell on your side or on the other side? >> thank you. >> how do you have the best chance of winning? it's about winning. at the university of alabama, we don't field football teams to make ourselves -- i'm serious. we don't field football teams...
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so when you have colin -- do you think colin powell would ever support someone who wants to weaken this nation? robert gates, madeleine albright, and that's just a few. so all of this is the neocons who want to go to war at the drop of a hat. i would rather have someone in that position who views war as a last resort, but who will be strong. chuck hagel is a strong person. he's made some mistakes in his career. he's looked at his career, he's looked at his positions. he's told us that he's evolved on many issues. and i hope that he gets the vote. because if they filibuster him, katie bar the door on them. because that's not what the american people want. they want us to function around here. >> senator, real quickly, i want to get your reaction to this new bipartisan immigration deal. the public policy institute of california says that your state has the most illegal immigrants, about 2.6 million. is california ready to handle the overhaul? >> oh, california is so ready. we have been for comprehensive immigration reform for a very long time. it's been a big issue in every race that i've
so when you have colin -- do you think colin powell would ever support someone who wants to weaken this nation? robert gates, madeleine albright, and that's just a few. so all of this is the neocons who want to go to war at the drop of a hat. i would rather have someone in that position who views war as a last resort, but who will be strong. chuck hagel is a strong person. he's made some mistakes in his career. he's looked at his career, he's looked at his positions. he's told us that he's...
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bush, bent scowcroft, colin powell, condoleezza rice. would not be a bad idea. >> editor in chief of buzzfeed, ben smith, will join us. headlines with dr. emily senay. >>> up next, mike allen with the top stories in the "politico playbook." >>> first, bill karins with a check on the forecast. bill. >> good monday morning. >> miami. >> miami? miami looks beautiful. low 80s and partly cloudy. not bad at all. >> roll tide. >> it will be fun tonight. here's what we're dealing with forecastwise. last week was cold. it was snowing through much of the country. this week is your january thaw. this was last week's pattern. and now this week, all the warm air is coming up from the south. and unfortunately, we will have some rain and thunderstorms in the southeast this week to deal with. maybe a few tornadoes. we'll watch you from texas to louisiana. but everyone else, we're really going to melt a lot of snow this week. temperatures very nice from d.c. to hartford. boston, albany, it will be warmer the end of this week. you've still got a little sn
bush, bent scowcroft, colin powell, condoleezza rice. would not be a bad idea. >> editor in chief of buzzfeed, ben smith, will join us. headlines with dr. emily senay. >>> up next, mike allen with the top stories in the "politico playbook." >>> first, bill karins with a check on the forecast. bill. >> good monday morning. >> miami. >> miami? miami looks beautiful. low 80s and partly cloudy. not bad at all. >> roll tide. >> it will...
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. ♪ it's fun it to come to the rnc ♪ >> colin powell is equally musically challenged. here he is singing at a security meeting in indonesia. and bad boy blagojevich is caught on camera taking on elvis. ♪ >> yikes. don't quit your day jobs, fellows. oh, wait, never mind. perhaps they should have made a speedy escape like president bush tried to do after this press conference. >> this was one of the famous episodes with george bush looking like he didn't know what he was doing because he didn't even know where the door was. >> i was trying to escape. >> and talk about wanting to escape, who can forget vice president dan quayle exercising his spelling expertise in front of the cameras. >> add one little bit on the end. potato. >> you write phonetically. there you go. >> there you go. >> i wouldn't try your luck at, are you smarter than a fifth grader, dan. >> i guess he was wrong and i was right. >> and speaking of a gaffe with an "e" on the end, here's a technical one. and you're in my way of my script, there, if you will move.
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she should have checked them out, the same way that colin powell should have known better when he told the world that saddam hussein had weapons of mass destruction, but i don't think she has many of the answers. the answers lie within the state department, the cia, and the white house. who changed the talking points and why? because the talking points, if it had included the classified information they had would have depicted a very different version of events than the ones that ambassador rice told the american people. and i guess, finally, why would we ever think that people bring mortars and rocket propelled grenades to spontaneous demonstrations? i mean, on the face of it, this cannot be ignored, the fact that this was all in the heat of a presidential campaign, a president who's campaigning, saying bin laden is dead, and al-qaeda's on the run. we know that's not true. >> as sort of passing of the torch at least in the next couple of days, between secretary of state clinton and john kerry. your thoughts on how hillary clinton has done as secretary of state and john kerry as going
she should have checked them out, the same way that colin powell should have known better when he told the world that saddam hussein had weapons of mass destruction, but i don't think she has many of the answers. the answers lie within the state department, the cia, and the white house. who changed the talking points and why? because the talking points, if it had included the classified information they had would have depicted a very different version of events than the ones that ambassador...
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. >> he says he has only belonged as does general mcchrystal and general colin powell on a military field because they perform in a military-style capability. when a young deranged man -- [ laughter ] >> why so funny? you're laughing in this conversation. these are fundamental -- i'm telling you that in my view -- >> i know what the answer is. >> any rifle that can unload 90 bullets or 100 bullets in 90 seconds has to be an assault weapon. >> well, again, when i don't use the term military style assault rifle, you do realize you're trying to conflate the terms, and you're giving the impression that adam lanza and these other individuals actually owned military standard rifles. an assault rifle, if you want to use this term for the sake of argument, you're talking about either a weapon or a firearm that is capable of select fire, which i'm sure you know what that means. >> i do, yeah. >> being that you're discussing it. or it's semiautomatic, automatic, or it's capable of select fire. >> i'm actually not, though. i'm not. >> let me tell you, as a firearm owner, as a member of the nra. >> d
. >> he says he has only belonged as does general mcchrystal and general colin powell on a military field because they perform in a military-style capability. when a young deranged man -- [ laughter ] >> why so funny? you're laughing in this conversation. these are fundamental -- i'm telling you that in my view -- >> i know what the answer is. >> any rifle that can unload 90 bullets or 100 bullets in 90 seconds has to be an assault weapon. >> well, again, when i...
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but whatever it is when you have minorities that do understand the problem as colin powell as has often spoken out that people with minorities don't know how to use it. so in the second term, these people should be just as experienced as anybody. any other american. >> you heard what the white house is saying about this, that if you look at other high-level positions, not necessarily cabinet positions, that he has appointed a lot of women, a lot of minorities. but is it important from your perspective that these positions, that women, minorities get appointed to, are visible, the most highly visible? we know that state, defense, treasury, as ruth marcus points out are kind of the big boy jobs. >> please. let's make it clear. it's not the individual that gets these procedures, prestigious jobs that we're talking about. we're talking about american kids being able to look and aspire and hope that one day. there is no way to substitute having an african-american president with kids now no matter what the economic or social circumstances are. their parents could tell them if they can get th
but whatever it is when you have minorities that do understand the problem as colin powell as has often spoken out that people with minorities don't know how to use it. so in the second term, these people should be just as experienced as anybody. any other american. >> you heard what the white house is saying about this, that if you look at other high-level positions, not necessarily cabinet positions, that he has appointed a lot of women, a lot of minorities. but is it important from...
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colin powell talked about it last week. >> should we really have gone after reducing the turnout of voters in those places where we thought it would make a difference? the republican party should be a party that says we want everybody to vote, and make it easier for people to vote. >> so far republicans may be blocking more votes than they're winning. i'm joined tonight by reverend jesse jackson, president of the rainbow-push coalition. reverend, good to have you with us tonight. >> jefferson davis democrats were doing their thing as republican conservatives to deny access to voting. >> well, what do you say to mr. blackwell that says african-american organizers caused those long lines? >> well, i was in ohio during that period. we had wet people and dry machines. we had machines locked up in the warehouse dry. people stood in the rain seven hours that day to vote. so you cannot blame people for doing what they ought to do, vote. you can blame those that held the machines back for holding the machines back. >> would changing the electoral college votes hurt african-american and latino vote
colin powell talked about it last week. >> should we really have gone after reducing the turnout of voters in those places where we thought it would make a difference? the republican party should be a party that says we want everybody to vote, and make it easier for people to vote. >> so far republicans may be blocking more votes than they're winning. i'm joined tonight by reverend jesse jackson, president of the rainbow-push coalition. reverend, good to have you with us tonight....
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i want to listen to something colin powell said yesterday about their identity problem. >> i think the republican party right now is having an identity problem. and i am still a republican. i think what the republican party needs to do right now, take a hard look at itself. the country is changing demographically, and if they don't change with the demographics, they will be in trouble. >> steve with this atmosphere, and joe scarbro, he is offering relentlessness in the republican party, this is not the time to show hey, we know where to go on the debt ceiling and america is with us. america is not with us. >> america is not with them, but the america that elected the house republicans is with them. because that is different than the demographically different numbers that allowed democrats to get a 55% majority in the senate. the coalition that reelected obama is packed in tightly in the metropolitan areas across the country. and it opened the huge swaths across the country, that locked in a republican house probably for the next decade. and the demographic changes that are driving poli
i want to listen to something colin powell said yesterday about their identity problem. >> i think the republican party right now is having an identity problem. and i am still a republican. i think what the republican party needs to do right now, take a hard look at itself. the country is changing demographically, and if they don't change with the demographics, they will be in trouble. >> steve with this atmosphere, and joe scarbro, he is offering relentlessness in the republican...
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honestly, you know, colin powell said in one of his very first attempts to negotiate with the russians, he was sitting across the table saying, i don't like these people. i have been brought up to hate them, but hillary -- what hillary does so well is she brings humanity. i have been working with her a lot on women's issues around the world, and her understanding of the need to get women to the table and to protect children is so extraordinary. by the way, i think kerry will do a good job with it, but nobody is going to come up to the ankles of hillary with regard to how much she cares about women and children around the world. >> i think kerry is going to be a hell of a secretary of state. i think he was bred for it. he grew up with it. governor rendell, it's always curious to watch you. i love this conversation. you know i get a kick out of this conversation anytime you're on because i know you. you're as in bed with the clintons as marjorie is. anyway, thank you both, marjorie. technically. >>> up next, the big rig. republicans in key battleground states are trying to change the rul
honestly, you know, colin powell said in one of his very first attempts to negotiate with the russians, he was sitting across the table saying, i don't like these people. i have been brought up to hate them, but hillary -- what hillary does so well is she brings humanity. i have been working with her a lot on women's issues around the world, and her understanding of the need to get women to the table and to protect children is so extraordinary. by the way, i think kerry will do a good job with...
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we've heard it from colin powell. we heard it from stan mcchrystal. so many of my friends that have served in the army that have served in the marines say i've used these weapons. i know what they're for. they're for killing a lot of people as quickly as possible. they should be used for killing enemies on foreign battlefields, not for civilian use. >> and we're hearing from general after general that comes on our show and actually has an honest conversation about this, which is what we do here. and they don't see a place for it in our society. and i don't understand -- i had a very hard time listening to the testimony from the nra as well as from -- i think it's gayle trotter, the lawyer who is representing their point of view because it just, to me, is putting us back into a time -- or forward into a time that's very frightening for our society. and they're profiting the nra and the gun lobby off of people's fear and extremism. and there's no other way to put it. >> so let me ask you, captain, you feel like there is a possibility that you will find
we've heard it from colin powell. we heard it from stan mcchrystal. so many of my friends that have served in the army that have served in the marines say i've used these weapons. i know what they're for. they're for killing a lot of people as quickly as possible. they should be used for killing enemies on foreign battlefields, not for civilian use. >> and we're hearing from general after general that comes on our show and actually has an honest conversation about this, which is what we...
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really deep connection to the brent scowcrofts and the colin powells and the more moderate wing of the republican party. and what was really clear today, rachel, is these two nominations were really close personal friends and colleagues. and intellectual soul mates if you will of barack obama. he really felt good about these two nominations. this is not a team of rivals. these are the people he likes being around. these are his friends. and it was personal and it was a happy day for him, i thought. remember that when john kerry was nominated on a friday hastily in the roosevelt room, kerry was not even invited to say a word at the microphone. and there was no acknowledgment really of john kerry other than a quick statement from the president, and then out. and today everyone had his turn, even those who, frankly, had not been nominated. mike morel, the activing director of the cia had been passed over. and he had his opportunity. and leon panetta was given a very nice moment there, a platform. so this was a very expansive moment. they feel that they wanted to make a big deal out of thi
really deep connection to the brent scowcrofts and the colin powells and the more moderate wing of the republican party. and what was really clear today, rachel, is these two nominations were really close personal friends and colleagues. and intellectual soul mates if you will of barack obama. he really felt good about these two nominations. this is not a team of rivals. these are the people he likes being around. these are his friends. and it was personal and it was a happy day for him, i...
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retired general colin powell will be one of our guests. what, if anything, we have learned today. what do we want to build next ? that's the question. every day. when you have the most advanced tools, you want to make something with them. something that helps. helps safeguard our shores. helps someone see through a wall of fire. helps those nowhere near the right doctor stand a chance. ... feeling in the extremities ? no. technology can do that. who can tell me the third life cycle stage of the frog ? it can take a sick kid to school. nathan. tadpole. and help ensure a constant supply of clean energy. the things we build share one belief. that the world's biggest challenges deserve even bigger solutions. powerful answers. verizon. at what our members have accomplished in the past 50 years, it's pretty amazing. ♪ i feel like i'm on top of the world right now ♪ ♪ on top of the world right now ♪ introducing a weight loss program 50 years in the making. ♪ and i feel like i'm standing 10 ft. tall ♪ built on the power of the human spirit. built for human nature, so you can e
retired general colin powell will be one of our guests. what, if anything, we have learned today. what do we want to build next ? that's the question. every day. when you have the most advanced tools, you want to make something with them. something that helps. helps safeguard our shores. helps someone see through a wall of fire. helps those nowhere near the right doctor stand a chance. ... feeling in the extremities ? no. technology can do that. who can tell me the third life cycle stage of the...
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. >> reporter: the former secretary of the joint chiefings and colin powell gave his backing to hagel, even though he was one of the largest critics of the war in iraq, a war that powell helped to sell to the american people. he tried to stop the surge, calling it the biggest foreign policy blunder since vietnam. >> he is superbly qualified, based on his overall record and seferts to his country and based on how he feels about troops, veterans and families. i think he will do a great job as secretary of defense. i think in his confirmation hearings, all of these issues that you have raised -- that others have raised -- he will be prepared to deal with them. >> reporter: the president is gearing up for fights on gun control, deficit reduction, with likely deep defense budget cuts and immigration reform. on tuesday, we will know whether the vice-president will recommend an assault weapons ban. most doubt he will go that far and will look for stronger background checks. on immigration, the president looks likely to get more bipartisan support, with republicans, such as senator marco rubi
. >> reporter: the former secretary of the joint chiefings and colin powell gave his backing to hagel, even though he was one of the largest critics of the war in iraq, a war that powell helped to sell to the american people. he tried to stop the surge, calling it the biggest foreign policy blunder since vietnam. >> he is superbly qualified, based on his overall record and seferts to his country and based on how he feels about troops, veterans and families. i think he will do a...
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does this mean colin powell thinks this? at a certain point, just the sheer weight of people who have established their political credibility over decade after decade after decade in conservative politics, you have to give them a hearing. >> you have -- i'm sorry, i was just going to say, you have james baker, mike barnicle, coming out, a guy from texas who's been a hunter his whole life. joe manchin, colin powell, stanley mcchrystal, ronald reagan came out in favor of an assault weapons ban. in fact, a lot of people say that reagan made the deciding push. i mean, reagan was the one that made the big difference by calling republican members and writing republican members that were on the fence and convinced them to do it. yeah, at some point, the survivalist wing of the nra is going to collapse simply because their only argument for having assault weapons is at the end of the day, it's either fun because they like shooting at targets with these big guns, or two, because they want to have a weapon to shoot american troops whe
does this mean colin powell thinks this? at a certain point, just the sheer weight of people who have established their political credibility over decade after decade after decade in conservative politics, you have to give them a hearing. >> you have -- i'm sorry, i was just going to say, you have james baker, mike barnicle, coming out, a guy from texas who's been a hunter his whole life. joe manchin, colin powell, stanley mcchrystal, ronald reagan came out in favor of an assault weapons...
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we want colin powell on our side. we want moderate republicans on our side. if we're going to be the majority party again, we've got to expand that party. >> are you saying that pushing her out of the spotlight is part of making the stupid party less stupid? >> what i'm saying is that sarah palin represented a time and place in american politics and now 2008 so much as 2010. and that time is passing us very quickly. >> and when we come back, the new "new republic", the magazine that has been around since 1914 kicks off its relaunch interview with a wide-ranging interview with president obama. facebook co-founder turned magazine publisher chris hughes joining us along the editor frank foer. and we look at the israeli-palestinian conflict through the counterintelligent agency. we'll talk to the director of the film that got a lot of attention at the film festival. bill? >> very busy weather week. we're starting with snow, sleet, rain moving through northeast. it's snowing in philadelphia, d.c. has turned over to rain. maryland reporting a lot of icing condition
we want colin powell on our side. we want moderate republicans on our side. if we're going to be the majority party again, we've got to expand that party. >> are you saying that pushing her out of the spotlight is part of making the stupid party less stupid? >> what i'm saying is that sarah palin represented a time and place in american politics and now 2008 so much as 2010. and that time is passing us very quickly. >> and when we come back, the new "new republic",...
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we have the endorsement, of course, from colin powell as well as "politico" reporting that chuck schumer could be pivotal in this battle. >> and i think he will be, mika. i've been talking to senators on both sides of the aisle on capitol hill, and usually these are senators who have deep reservations about chuck hagel, and they usually wind up their comments by saying, look, you know, i'm hard pressed to say that he's not going to be confirmed, but the hearings are going to matter. hagel is reaching out to those particularly those senators who have raised doubts about him, who have problems with his voting record on israel or his positions on iran. don't ask, don't tell, things like that. they're answering -- he's answering those questions, and he's going to be meeting with these senators. i think there is certainly a wing within the republican party that's not going to support him. and i think that raises a question about how effective he could be as defense secretary, particularly if he's going to be the one tasked with remaking the defense department and cutting the budget at a time
we have the endorsement, of course, from colin powell as well as "politico" reporting that chuck schumer could be pivotal in this battle. >> and i think he will be, mika. i've been talking to senators on both sides of the aisle on capitol hill, and usually these are senators who have deep reservations about chuck hagel, and they usually wind up their comments by saying, look, you know, i'm hard pressed to say that he's not going to be confirmed, but the hearings are going to...
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there is general colin powell and his girlfriend great diana ross. and here is a treat, nba hall of famer bill russell. the crowd loves him. >> "early start" continues right now. >> you and i have the power to set this country's course. >> president obama gets to work today on his second-term agenda. >>> harry, taliban hunter? the prince home from afghanistan and war stories to tell. >>> winter weather alert. a big chill, and a big snowstorm forming that could mess up travel in a huge way this morning. cold. look how cold in the country. >> 49 below with the windchill in minnesota. very cold. good morning. a cold morning. welcome to "early start." i'm john berman. >> i'm christine romans. it's 6:00 on the nose in the east. >> a lot of people up all night partying in washington. so many stories to tell about this inauguration. president obama and the first lady and the bidens will attend the national prayer service at the national cathedral, carrying out a tradition going back to george washington. newly inaugurated president obama channeled civil rig
there is general colin powell and his girlfriend great diana ross. and here is a treat, nba hall of famer bill russell. the crowd loves him. >> "early start" continues right now. >> you and i have the power to set this country's course. >> president obama gets to work today on his second-term agenda. >>> harry, taliban hunter? the prince home from afghanistan and war stories to tell. >>> winter weather alert. a big chill, and a big snowstorm forming...
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boy, i think it's critical as a nation we narrow our focus and, again, take more of a colin powell, chuck hagel approach than a paul wolfowitz approach. >> why are we involved, for example, during the iraq war. i just watched "the green zone." a great movie. why did we take apart the iraqi army? we had an existing structure to hold that country together. we could have gotten out of there a lot faster. because of the anti-baathist attitudes of some on the right. they hate the baathist party of iraq and syria. they don't like their ideology. i understand they don't. it's not our fight to make. why are we involved in that fight? it's a little sophisticated but i think we ought to be aware of different fights. shiia versus sunni. opposition to bathiathism. >> just to look at this from a financial point of view, people on the show yesterday talked a lot about david brooks's great column where he made clear we have a guns and butter situation. we've made a decision we want to keep all this health care. we want to keep all these services. to make these numbers work at all you have to attack defe
boy, i think it's critical as a nation we narrow our focus and, again, take more of a colin powell, chuck hagel approach than a paul wolfowitz approach. >> why are we involved, for example, during the iraq war. i just watched "the green zone." a great movie. why did we take apart the iraqi army? we had an existing structure to hold that country together. we could have gotten out of there a lot faster. because of the anti-baathist attitudes of some on the right. they hate the...
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our guests include former secretary of state colin powell, white house senior adviser valerie jarret and david axelrod and the great, great, "new york times" columnist and our friend maureen dowd. up next a stoic lance armstrong tries to salvage what is left of his reputation and stage another comeback. good luck, lance. he tells some of the truth to oprah, slowly, next on "morning joe." at 1:45, the aflac duck was brought in with multiple lacerations to the wing and a fractured beak. surgery was successful, but he will be in a cast until it is fully healed, possibly several months. so, if the duck isn't able to work, how will he pay for his living expenses? aflac. like his rent and car payments? aflac. what about gas and groceries? aflac. cell phone? aflac, but i doubt he'll be using his phone for quite a while cause like i said, he has a fractured beak. [ male announcer ] send the aflac duck a get-well card at getwellduck.com. tdd# 1-800-345-2550 when the spx crossed above its 50-day moving average, tdd# 1-800-345-2550 i saw the trend. tdd# 1-800-345-2550 it looked really strong. t
our guests include former secretary of state colin powell, white house senior adviser valerie jarret and david axelrod and the great, great, "new york times" columnist and our friend maureen dowd. up next a stoic lance armstrong tries to salvage what is left of his reputation and stage another comeback. good luck, lance. he tells some of the truth to oprah, slowly, next on "morning joe." at 1:45, the aflac duck was brought in with multiple lacerations to the wing and a...
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and i suspect you're going to see a return to the realism of colin powell of dr. brzezinski, of brent scowcroft, of george h.w. bush, of the republicans who helped us and democrats who helped us through that approach when the cold war. >> and this is the post-superpower era, where there has to be some pulling back, and david said it exactly right. >> i wouldn't say post-superpower. you're right, it's a new era. it's much more indirection in our application of power. the neocons are for direct use of power. this will have to be more indirect. >> and there may be surprises there, as always is the case. look at what happened with algeria and mali. >> dr. zbigniew brzezinski, dad, thanks for not waking me up, by the way. >> in "the hill." >> yes, in "the hill." you would have been obliterated. david gregory, thank you very much. bob woodward, stay with us if you can. we'll be right back with senators amy klobuchar and jeff blake. also, terry francona joins us to discuss his new memoir about his years with the red sox. you're watching "morning joe" brewed by starbucks.
and i suspect you're going to see a return to the realism of colin powell of dr. brzezinski, of brent scowcroft, of george h.w. bush, of the republicans who helped us and democrats who helped us through that approach when the cold war. >> and this is the post-superpower era, where there has to be some pulling back, and david said it exactly right. >> i wouldn't say post-superpower. you're right, it's a new era. it's much more indirection in our application of power. the neocons are...